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Old 23-07-2013, 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by el_draco View Post
Not likely. I owned a 29" newt for a few years yet I still get high (haha) using a pair of binoculars.
I've used scopes up to 36" but I think the sweetspots all factors considered sit at 4 or 5 " refractors for wide field and 10" and 16" reflectors for Deep Sky and Planetary .

Tha being said I enjoy the naked eye views from a dark sky now more than ever !
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